Articles.
Tackling The Coronavirus At The Office
Just when I thought there was nothing new in the world of employment law, along came something called the coronavirus (or COVID-19). Why is that of any importance to employers and employees (and employment lawyers)? It’s important ...
Restoring ‘Working Notice’ as a Termination Strategy
Somewhere, in a galaxy far, far away, many h.r. professionals and lawyers developed the following default approach to terminating the employment relationship… the decision is made, in secrecy, to terminate the relationship...
Retail Staff Aren't Security Guards
The 2006 death of gas bar attendant Grant DePatie in Maple Ridge, B.C. sparked an ongoing debate about workplace safety rules. Though it’s been a long time since it happened and the resulting WorksafeBC rule changes for late night retail wor...
When It Rains It (Really) Pours
In a recent article (Restoring ‘Working Notice’ As A Termination Strategy), I offered a different strategy for achieving the smooth, risk-free, and cost-efficient termination of employment relationships on a without-cause basis. Scinti...
When Social Media Exposure Isn’t A Good Thing
Any publicity is good publicity, right? Not anymore it isn’t. Some of the worst publicity a business can receive is as a result of its own employees posting damaging material on social media sites. It may only be a “thing&rdq...
Honey, I Shrunk The Family (Status)!
For many years, I’ve been in the habit of saying that managing employees' absences due to disabilities is the hardest challenge for human resources practitioners. It may be time to change that to dealing with employees’ assertions ...
Love Thy Neighbour – Or Get A Job Elsewhere
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." The Bible (Book of Leviticus) At work, we’ve probably all had the experienc...
Employment Policies – (Not) Worth Their Weight In Gold?
You must be a pirate for the pirates’ code to apply… and the ‘code’ is more of what you’d ...